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- From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
- Subject: Re: Law Suits!!
- References: <1992Nov12.022811.6737@news.mentorg.com> <1dskjrINNf5l@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Nov13.193046.4076@aimla.com>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 02:06:24 GMT
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- >|> post said description or a reference to one. The Chouinard case is the
- >|> only one I know of, and I haven't seen the complete details here
-
- In article <1992Nov13.193046.4076@aimla.com> jc@optimla.aimla.com
- (John VanHoozer) writes:
- >Sorry, I can't post any more details on this. But isn't it true that
- >the Sierra Club's BMTC was canceled because of the amount of money that
- >they had to spend on lawsuits every year?
-
- Time to do some off-net research on the case law.
- Numerous people have died, been injured, sued (or families have sued)
- the Sierra Club, Outward Bound, NOLS, Yosemite Mountaineering, etc.
-
- The Club decided to cancel its policies' coverage regarding what it perceived
- as higher risk activities. Some Board members have recanted their stance
- on insurance since that time. There is a great deal of misunderstanding
- about the Club's insurance. For instance, it does not cover members,
- only trip leader liability starting at a trailhead, on odd blue-moon
- months during the Age of Aquarius. Details still forth coming, you
- have to press them on a case by case basis.
- The Club is not necessarily in favor of tort reform, because the Club is
- actively using the legal system for its own means (another reason why it
- opposed term-limits for politicians). And it sees its suits as
- investments of time and resources (sort of like old Fortran).
-
- --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
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- A Ref: Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, vol. 1, G. Polya
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